saturated fats

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1. The kind of fat in which the molecules are arranged so that every valence electron in each of the atoms making up the molecule is used to form a bond with one electron from another atom (called a single bond). Saturated fats are usually solid at room temperature and are found in butter, red meat, poultry, and milk products.

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A diet high in saturated fats increases the level of cholesterol in the blood. Because of the role cholesterol may play in heart disease, many physicians now recommend that people eat fewer saturated fats.

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You shouldn’t eat a lot of saturated fats, generally, but choosing one kind of milk or another to pour in your cereal probably won’t make that much of a difference.

From Slate • Jan. 28, 2026

It’s a decades-in-the-making response to the low-fat movement, which indirectly prioritized carbohydrates in favor of lowering intake of saturated fats and their related risk of high cholesterol and heart disease.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 10, 2026

“Other options can include butter or beef tallow,” it adds, which goes against most nutrition advice about limiting saturated fats.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 7, 2026

The American Heart Association recommends saturated fats make up less than 6% of calories a person eats each day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

Obviously, then, we could make money if we could turn soft, unsaturated fats like olein into hard, saturated fats like stearin.

From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Slosson, Edwin E.